There are some things the general public does...... Quote by "Katharine Graham"

There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.
— Katharine Graham

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Other Quotes by "Katharine Graham"

Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.
— Katharine Graham

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My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.
— Katharine Graham

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Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so singular and surprising in those days that I necessarily stood out. In 1963, and for the first several years of my working life, my situation was certainly unique.
— Katharine Graham

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I remember the Washington in which I grew up as a genuine small town. Maybe this is true for everyone, that we all feel that the times in which we grew up were simpler, less complex.
— Katharine Graham

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If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.
— Katharine Graham

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